Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty

1.       The journal is a scientific and double blind peer-reviewed publication of Kastamonu University, and is published three times in a year. The articles related to Forestry, Forest Industry, and Environmental Sciences are published in the journal.

2.       Our journal utilizes the iThenticate plagiarism detection software. The maximum allowable similarity index for submitted manuscripts—excluding the References section—is 20%. Manuscripts exceeding this threshold will be returned to the authors along with the plagiarism report. Submissions with a similarity score above 20% will be rejected without being considered for peer review.

3. The submitted papers should be original, and they must not have been previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere.

4.     Manuscripts must be written in scholarly English. Manuscripts will not be moved through the review process if the level of English is unacceptable.

5.       Standard A4-size is preferred for papers. Manuscript should be written with double columns, and with equal column width and 0.8 cm of space between columns. Text should be justified both sides. Margins on the page should be 3-cm on each side, and 2.5-cm on top and bottom.

6.       Manuscript text, except title, should be written in Times New Roman with 11-font size and single spacing using MS Word. Title should be in Arial with 14-font size. English and Turkish abstracts and References should be written with 10-font size and single spacing.

7.       Decimals are shown by a full stop (e.g., 10.2).

8.      Manuscripts should be arranged as follows: Title- Abstract and Keywords (followed by Turkish title, Turkish abstract and keywords) – Introduction - Material and Methods – Results – Discussion – Conclusion - References. Main manuscript document MUST NOT contain Author(s) name and affiliations of author(s). All author(s) information should be entered in the system during submission.

9.    Format for the abstract can be reached using the following link https://dergipark.org.tr/download/article-file/371579

10.   The main subtitles should be written in small letters with capitalized first letters. Subtitles should not be numbered.

11.   A space should be left above subtitles. There should not be a space between subtitles and the first paragraph. All paragraphs should be indented (0.5 cm). There should not be any space between paragraphs.

12.   All visual elements (graphs, pictures, maps, photographs etc.) should be named as “Figure”. Tables about numerical expressions should be named “Table”. Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively. Headings of figures should be replaced at the bottom of the figures, while headings of the tables should be placed on top of the tables. A space should be given after the headings. The first letter of first word of headings should be capitalized.  If the figures and tables cannot fit one column, they should be centered using “section breaks” function in MS Word. The abbreviations used for tables and figures should be written clearly in the title of the related table or figure. Only horizontal lines should be given in tables.

12.   All authors must sign the Copyright Transfer form, available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IvTOzmMLerOHKaJi-nie5qxSev0J3kar/view. The signature of the corresponding author is mandatory.

13. The references must be written in APA References Style. http://www.apastyle.org/

SÜRELİ YAYINLAR/ARTICLES

KİTAP/BOOKS

Tek yazarlı kitap/Books with single author

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitabın adı (Baskı Sayısı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi.

Bowlby, J. (1982). Attachment and loss: Vol. 1. Attachment (2nd ed.). New York: Basic Books.

İki veya daha çok yazarlı kitap/Book with two or more authors

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. ve Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi

Young, J. E., Klosko, J. S. & Weishaar,

M. (2003). Schema therapy: A practitioner’s guide. New York: Guilford Publications.

Kitap bölümü/Book chapter

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. ve Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitap bölümünün adı. Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı) içinde (Cilt, Sayfa aralığı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi.

Yıldırım, A. & Şimşek, H. (2000). Nitel araştırmaların planlanması. Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemleri (2. baskı) içinde (s.49-91). Ankara: Seçkin Yayınları.

Çeviri kitap/Translated book

Yazarın soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Yıl). Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı). (Çevirmenin adının baş harfi. Çevirmenin soyadı, Çev.) Basım yeri: Yayınevi. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi)

Yalom, I. D. (1998). Kısa süreli grup terapileri: İlkeler ve teknikler (N. H. Şahin, Çev.). Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi 1983).

Editörlü kitap/Editorial Book

Birinci editörün soyadı, adının baş harfi. Ve İkinci editörün soyadı, adının baş harfi. (Ed.). (Yıl.) Kitabın adı (Baskı sayısı). Basım yeri: Yayınevi.

Savaşır, I. & Şahin, N. H. (Ed.). (1997). Bilişsel-davranışçı terapilerde değerlendirme: Sık kullanılan ölçekler. Ankara: Türk Psikologlar Derneği Yayınları.

Atıflar/Citations

9. Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty does not accept any advertisements.

10. All articles published in Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry Journal are archived and stored in PDF format through the TÜBİTAK-ULAKBIM database.

11. Personal information such as names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers entered into the Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry Journal system will be used only for the scientific purposes of this journal by the Privacy Statement.

12. Articles submitted to Kastamonu University Faculty of Forestry are first evaluated by the editor-in-chief. Articles that are not suitable for the scope of the journal are rejected at this stage.

13. If the articles that are suitable for the scope of the journal do not have any significant deficiencies, the referee review is initiated. The referee invitation period is 1 week and the referee evaluation period is 1 month. If deemed necessary, referees may be given additional time to complete their reviews. Authors are given 1 month to make the necessary corrections to the manuscript in line with the referees' opinions. Authors are given a minimum of 1 day and a maximum of 7 days for the final check of the accepted article.

14. Each article submitted to the journal is reviewed by two referees. If both referees give a positive opinion, the article is accepted. If both referees give a negative opinion, the article is rejected. If one of the referees gives a positive and the other a negative opinion, a third referee is consulted. A decision on the articles submitted to the journal is made at the end of three months at the latest.

15. Articles suitable for the journal's scope are initiated for peer review if there is no significant deficiency. The referee invitation period is 1 week and the referee evaluation period is 1 month. Authors are given a minimum of 1 week and a maximum of 4 weeks to make the necessary corrections on the article in line with the referee's opinions. A minimum of 1 day and a maximum of 7 days is given for the final control phase.

16. Each article submitted to the journal is reviewed by two referees. If both referees give a positive opinion, the article is accepted. If both referees give a negative opinion, the article is rejected. If one of the referees gives a positive and the other a negative opinion, a third referee is consulted. A decision on manuscripts submitted to the journal is usually made at the end of six months at the latest.

By submitting his/her manuscript, the Author(s) warrants that the Author has the right or has obtained authorization to enter into this Licence.
The Author warrants that the manuscript;
· has not been published before, or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere,
· does not infringe any intellectual property right of any person and its use in accordance with this Licence will not infringe any intellectual property right of any person,
· does not contain any subject matter that contravenes any laws,
· meets ethical standards applicable to the research discipline.


Plagiarism Rules

Our journal is using iThenticate plagiarism solution and our maximum allowed score, for the manuscript in which References sections truncated, is 20%. Scores higher than 20% are not allowed and the manuscript will be returned to the authors with given the plagiarism report.

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